This was not how she thought her day would go.

Uraraka shoved her hands in her pockets as she trudged her way back to the dorms, her steps heavy and slow. It had been a long day, and honestly, all she wanted at this moment was to fall onto her bed and sleep until her shame and exhaustion wore off.

Earlier that week, Aizawa had given the class an assignment to research and give a presentation on the history of quirks, and today, their personations were due. Normally, Uraraka loved talking to people, but a presentation was very different. She had never been the best at history to begin with, nor did she have skills in writing. With all her nerves, she had flubbed the project in front of the entire class. To make matters worse, she had had to stay after class for extra homework along with All Might's class, which had been ridiculously intense that day.

Her face scrunched up in embarrassment as she walked into the common area. She suddenly hated that she couldn't get to her dorm without walking through such a public place. 'Please let no one be here, please let no one be here!' she thought desperately.

"Hey, Uraraka!"

'Of course…' A bitter smile crawled at her lips as she glared at the ceiling. 'Thanks Universe.'

Turning to see who had spoken, Uraraka's face suddenly turned beet red. "OH! Hey Deku!" Her hands waved franticly, and her eyes tried to look anywhere but him.

Deku walked up to her like nothing was wrong, his ever present smile causing her heart to flutter. "I was hoping I'd get to see you before I went to bed," he said ever so optimistically.

"Oh, r-really? Why's- why's that?" she stuttered helplessly. 'Come on Ockako!' she chided herself. 'Get it together!'

"Well," he began, reaching in his pocket for something. "Mina was giving these out after class today." Taking his hand out of his pocket, he opened his palm to reveal a bag of candies. "I wanted to make sure that you got some. I remembered how much you love sweets, and didn't want you to miss out just because Aizawa was being a stickler to you today." He rubbed the bacl of his neck. "Sorry about that by the way."

Uraraka didn't hear that last part of what he said, having been distracted by her stress enduced tears that were clouding her eyes. She looked down at the colorful bag of sweets in his palm, her hands reaching out automatically. "Deku, you didn't have to do this…"

"Nonsense!" He shook his head dismissively, as if the very thought of him not staying up just for her was foolish. "It would have been a crime if Ochako Uraraka didn't her sweets."

She couldn't respond. She knew that she was being too emotional right now, but she couldn't help it. Her tongue felt swollen and her breath caught in her throat, leaving the two in an awkward silence.

"Well, it's pretty late," he said after a few seconds of silence. Thank God he said something. She didn't know if she could stand it anymore. "I'm gonna head off to bed." He gave her a shy smile. "You should too, but I'm sure you know that. I can't even imagine how tired you must be right now."

He turned to walk away, but before he could, Uraraka finally found her voice. "Wait, Deku!" He looked back, his head cocked to the side.

"Um, thanks." She smiled at him, her weariness suddenly gone. Her eyes were still glazed over, but she didn't care. She needed to tell him what it meant to her. "Thanks for everything."

Now it was his turn to turn red. "Oh!" She could have swarn that his face took on a pinkish hue. "Uh, right! Sure, what are friends for?" he asked, rubbing the back of his neck. "Anyways," he began again. "Be sure to get lots of rest tonight. I hear All Might has something big planned for tomorrow."

"I will!" she promised as she turned to walk to her dorm. "You too, okay?"

"Right!" He gave her one last wave before heading off.

A small smile spread across her lips. This was not how she thought her day would go.

I had 20 minutes to write this and I'll be damned if i don't post something that i actually finished.